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A Specific and Prophesied Plague
Commentators explain that the 'tumors' (or 'emerods') were likely a painful affliction like hemorrhoids, a specific curse God had previously warned about in Deuteronomy 28:27. Some ancient texts also mention a plague of mice, an ancient symbol of pestilence, afflicting the entire region of Ashdod.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 5:6
18th Century
Theologian
Emerods is a corrupted form of the word “hemorrhoids.” It is mentioned in Deuteronomy 28:27 among the diseases with which God threatened to …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 5:6
19th Century
Bishop
But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. A painful and distressing sickness, perhaps in the form of tumors…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 5:6
17th Century
Pastor
But the hand of the Lord was heavy on them of Ashdod
Not only on their idol, but on themselves; it had crushed him t…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 5:6–12
17th Century
Minister
The hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Philistines; he not only convinced them of their folly, but severely chastised their insolence. Yet they wo…